The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-13
ESTABLISHED IN 1857.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Saturdays RrOeeedInEs-BIIss AnGho-
ny's Reply Co the Forum Ar6Iele-ReV.
Annie BhavV's Address, Etc Etc.
AFTERNOON SESSION.

AFTERNOON SESSION.
AT 2:30 Mrs. Johns called the meet
ing to order. There was only a small
crowd out. Mrs. Johns defined the
objects of the meetings in a very able
speech.
THE DISCUSSION.
Resolved, That we ask our next leg
islature to confer presidential suffrage
on wOmens under section of article
of the United States constitution
Rev. Annie ii. Shaw favored the res
olution. Mrs. Slocum is in favor of
making haste slowly" She would ia
vor the resolution If it could be carried,
but unless 1t could be carried she does
not favor ITS submission. Mrs. KEEL
lOgg favors the resolution. Judge Cum
nigham favorS the resolution. Miss
Rachael G.. Foster opposed the resolu-
ton. She thinks it would be better to
use what women of Kansas now have.
after women were thoroughly con-
versant with municipal suffrage / think
will be time enough to ask for Presi-
Dental suffrage" Judge Culver said
he thought the resolution should be
presented.
Judge Cunningham, said: At believe
when the majority of the ladies of Kan
sas ask for equal suffrage it will be
given to them. / believe in woman
thing ever done for the state If it Is
granted. Again say, yes, petition
the Legislature. If you get the ma
jOrity OF the ladies to ask for suffrage
you win get it."
Mrs. Ruggles also favors the resolu-
w. w. Scott, said: 81 think Miss
Fosters ideas are the ,wisest." He
thinks the State Legislature has the
power to grant the suffrage to women
to vote for the President. He said:
"You have municipal suffrage, and i
think women should handle that
much before they ask for more.
Show what you can do with what you
have. Show the Legislature what you
have done withwhat you have"
Miss Foster said: ''As there are
only sixty organizations in the state,
and there arc ninety-seven counties,
think the work for women to do is to
organize in each county at least one
society before they make any request
to the state Legislature"
Rev. Walker spoFe on the subject.
w. 3. Jay favorS suffrage for women
because it viii help the men.
Mrs. SlOcum said: 1.-THE reason that
a great number of women did not vote
last spring, was because they could not
conscientiously vote for either c9ndi-
date for mayor. That is the reason
so many did not care to cast their
ballot"
Prof. Hill favors the movement, not
because it was woman'S right, but be-
cause 1t was woman's duty to voSe..
Prof. Kingery said he was open to
conviction.
Rev. Harvuot said he could be con-
WINGED If argument was strong enough.
Miss Shaw quoted the Bible as favor
able to woman's equality;
matter Of right that every e.
woman should have the right to suf-
frage. l believe it should be of ma
tional interest and should be made
such. think as the burden of educa-
.tion of children rests with women.
They should have the right to suffrage.
l heartily am in favor of the move
ment.'
Rev. Harvnot answered Miss Shaw.
He said:
after God had finished his work in
the creation of the world and made
man and placed him as ruler of the uni
verse, He said there is something lack
ing, / will now make woman as helper
and companion for man."
This speech was like a bombshell
thrown into camp. Discussion was
very hot then, but us it was woman's
the minority. lie only was the
champion of his side of the
question. Miss Shaw said Woman
was not made of mans rib" She
said it meant woman was made by
mans side.
Rev. ii. said: Il believe woman
was made out OF mans side. If she
had been made TO rule she would have
been made from the head; if she had
been created for a slave she would have
been made from the foot; If she had
been made for strength she would have
been made from the thigh. No, she
was made for mans companion, for
mans affections, for mans love; there
fore she was taken from the seat of
affection, mans side.
Miss Foster then said: LET us get
back to the question" She spoke again
on the subject. The afternoon session
then adjourned.
EVENING SESSION.
The weather was very uDfavorable,
but still the Whitley Opera House was
crowded last night at the last meeting
of the convention. The meeting was
opened by a trio by Mrs. Louise Fox,
Prof. Kelly and Mrs. Everett Phillips.
Mrs. Johns introduced the Rev. Miss
Shaw, who said: 1.-The opponents to
woman suffrage either think we are
angels or demons. l think we are
neither. Senator ingalls, says the diff
ference in the natures of the two sexes
is sufficient reason for the disenfran-
chisement of woman. hold this is
the reason why they should be enfran-
chised. In the National Government
we only see one half as represented by
masculine sex. How can such Gov
eminent be right for the feminine half
OF the Government? That is the
vote. 1t takes both halves to
make a complete unit. If l were to
ask for an an opinion on any subject /
would rather ask a man and woman
for their opinions than to ask two men
or two women to say what they
thought. Men are superior to women
in some respects. Women are mems
the history of this CT any other repub-
lican government you will find that 1t
takes the Judgment Of both men and
women to run the government prop
erly. The mistake the men make is,
they are trying TO be men. You say
we women are trying to be men. You
are wrong. We want each to take
their place in the running of the Gov
eminent. We are not suffering because
we have not enough telegraph lines,
because we have not enough rail-
roads, because we have not suffi-
Gent harbors, or because we
have not enough ships. We
are SunerlnR along the lines or gov
eminent where women are the strong
est. Men will be benefited by the en-
franchi ement. You want women tC
strengthen the Government. 1 will try
to prove that you need us women
Women are more moral than men. In
Massachusetts, there where the women
are largely in the majority there are ter
men criminals to one woman. ThiI
proves men are more immoral thar
women They say we only have theor1
we have proof. Where woman sui
frage has been tried it has AWAY,
proved a success. 1t has always caused
the best man to be called out for Office
1t has caused the condition around tn
polls to be better. where, before woman
suffrage was tried, whisky and bee
were given away at the polls. Ate
women voted, coffee was given as tn
only beverage. One woman to fift
men drink liquor. One out of tw
men drink or use it in moderate form
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